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VOL. XVII NO. 17,632.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SPIES IIP OFF
FIOTIM smui
Berlin Advised 4 Days Be
fore U. S. Ships Leave.
BRAZIL DECIDES TO
END NEUTRALITY
DEAD LEFT III WAKE
BRIBE 'PLANTED' IS
OFFICER'S DEFENSE
BRITISH mission
TERMINATES VISIT
ARMY DISTRICT ON
TEXAS BORDER DRY
GOLDEN STREAM IS
FLOWING TO JAPAN
OF KANSAS TORNADO
r
GERMAX SHIPS INTERNED I
POLICE INSPECTOR OX TRIAL
BARS ARE CLOSED IX ALL OFFI
PORTS TO BE CONFISCATED.
FOR TAKING BRIBE.
CERS' CLUBS.
MINES LAID; U-BOATS FIRE
Three Torpedoes Launched at
Destroyers at Entrance
to British Harbor.
PROBE REVEALS NO CLEW
Washington Puzzled Regard
ing Method of Getting
Word to Germany.
BT JOHN CAT.T.AX O'LAUGHLIK
WASHINGTON, May 25. (Spe
cial.) An extraordinary demonstra
tion of German spy efficiency, aimed
at the American - destroyers sent to
the British Isles, has just been fur
nished the Navy Department by Vice-
Admiral Sims, in command of the flo
tillas on duty in European waters.
According to Vice-Admiral Sims,
the Germans knew that the Presi
dent and his advisers were consider
ing the dispatch of the destroyers at
the very moment the proposal was
being discussed by these high offi
cials.
Berlin Gets Information.
Berlin , knew four days before the
arrival of the ships the date when
they would reach their destination,
More than that, Berlin had precise
information as to the port selected as
the destroyer base.
Promptly the German Admiralty
acted. Entrances to the harbors were
promptly mined by German sub
marines. v
Never before had this been done.
Catastrophe Is Prevented.
Fortunately the vigilance of the
British mine-sweeping vessels pre
vented a catastrophe. Those vessels,
in accordance, with their instructions,
swept the sea, picked up the mines
and thus made the way safe for the
American ships.
But this is not the whole story.
German submarines, lay under the
surface in wait for the American
ships just in front of the harbor.
Upon the appearance of the de
stroyers three torpedoes were launched
at them.
Lookouts See Torpedoes.
ine looKouts saw them coming,
The helms were turned over and the
missiles shot by their targets.
ine destroyers promptly swung
around to give battle to the enemy,
but the submarines did not show
themselves.
The search revealing nothing, the
destroyers went into the harbor to
refit and resupply themselves.
Thus the first brush with the
enemy left both scatheless.
Gratifying as is the failure of the
Germans to sink or damage the Amer
ican destroyers, their advance knowl
edge that the vessels were coming and
the exact destination of the craft is &
matter that has caused great alarm
in official circles.
. Spy's Knowledge Wide.
it tne uermans could , learn so
easily the truth regarding the de
stroyers, it is apparent that it will be
just as easy for them to learn when
Major-General Pershing sails and
when 30,000 soldiers and marines will
depart. It will be just as easy for
them to know the route, of the ships
and their destination, and, so in
formed, make arrangements for an at
tempt to destroy the transports, and
if successful, to drown many of the
men they carry.
So the President and the Secre
taries of Navy and War are anxious
to have a prompt answer to this ques
tion:
"How did the Germans get the
exact information which enabled them
to arrange this hostile reception at the
very point of arrival of the American
destroyers?"
In other words, where is the spy?
And how did the spy get his informa
tion to Berlin?
No Clew Discovered.
As soon as the first report was re
ceived from Admiral Sims, showing
German knowledge of American
(Concluded on Pago 5, Column S..
Fleet of Warships to Patrol Soutli
Atlantic; Action Awaits Report
on Sinking of Ship.
RIO JANKIRO, May 25. According- to
the Jornal do Commerclo it was decid
ed at a meeting' of the Parliamentary
and Diplomatic Commissions called yes
terday by the Foreign Minister, to ad
vise the people of the revocation of
Brazil's neutrality In the war between
the United States and Germany and to
police the South Atlantic with the
Brazilian fleet.
It is stated in official circles that
Parliament will order the confiscation
of all German ships in Brazilian ports
as soon as the official report of the
nquiry into the torpedoing of the Bra-
ilian steamer Tijuca, made at Bor
deaux, is received.
At the same time Parliament will
decree the revocation of Brazil's declar
ation of neutrality.
REDENBAUGH IS SENTENCED
Confessed Murderer Is to Testify
Against Alleged Accomplices.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 25. Joseph Red-
enbaugh, confessed slayer of Mrs. Alice
McQuillan Dunn, of St. Paul, and Pa
trolman George Connery, of Minneap
olis, was sentenced to life imprison
ment today for the Connery murder.
He pleaded guilty when arraigned yes
terday. Redenbaueh is expected to be chief
witness for the state in the Dunn case.
Frank J. Dunn, former husband of Mrs.
Dunn, is being held by St. Paul police.
Redenbaueh declared he was hired to
kill Mrs. Dunn.
CO-EDS WEAR OLD GOWNS
Vnlversity Girls Decide ot to Buy
New-Dresses for Fall.
EUGENE, Or., May 25. The Uni
versity of Oregon Woman's League last
night pledged its 400 members by reso
lution to return to school next Fall
with tfce same dresses they now have.
Tke resolution declares for a pro
gramme of "economy in dress and Hv-
ins?."
The action was taken in view of war
conditions and the necessity for the
conservation of the Nation's supply of
clothing, as well as food, it was stated.
BREAD USE CUT ONE-TENTH
Comnnlsory Ration in Britain ot
so Likely, Says Food Director.
LONDON, May 25. There is increas
ing probability of the needlessness of
resorting to compulsory rationing, in
Great Britain before the next harvest.
according to Kennedy Jones, director
of food economy.
Mr. Jones says figures available show
a 10 per cent reduction in me con
sumption in bread in May as a result of
the voluntary campaign. This reduc
tion, Mr. Jones said, exceeded expecta
tions.
TAR TOSSED UPON WORKER
Loose Board Catapults Bucket of
Hot Mixture, Causing Injuries.
"While working at 350 Union avenue
yesterday afternoon on a house being
erected by the Oregon Home Builders,
Mike Hughes, a workman, stepped on
one end of a board, whereupon the
other end, on which rested a bucket
of hot tar, was thrown upward, the
tar being- splashed over his face and
hands, which were severely burned.
He was taken to the Good Samaritan
Hospital for treatment.
EAST TO EAT WHALE MEAT
Seattle Fisliinjt Companies Plan to
Kxtend Markets.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 25. A meet
ing of representatives of whaling com
panies and meat distributors was held
here today to consider means of ex
tendlne the market for whale meat
throughout the United States.
The market already established on
the Pacific Coast is regarded as per
manent, but the supply of the meat i
so large that it is proposed to ship
in refrigerator cars to Eastern cities.
HOME GUARDS SEE SERVICE
Miners Are Escorted to Work
Arizona Strike Zone.
in
JEROME. Ariz., May Z5. Three con
tingents of miners were escorted today
by "home guards" to the United Verde
mine, largest of a score of mines
asrainst which a. strike was called last
night. There was no trouble.
Company officials said 150 men mad
the jdurney to the mine under protec
tion, but that others were unescorted.
U-BOAT CAPTURES 4 SHIPS
Swedish Cargoes Bound for Russia
Are Taken.
PETROGRAD, via London, May 25.
Four Swedish steamers with cargoes of
varied character, bound for Russia,
have been captured by a German sub
marine in the Gulf of Bothnia, the of
ficial news agency announces.
Owing to the presence of submarines.
It is added, traffic between Finnish and
Swedish, ports has been suspended. '
Andale Leveled and at
Least 17 Killed.
rVICHITA HAS 72-MILE WIND
Mother Is Killed With Baby
Clutched in Her Arms.
50 ARE HURT, SIX FATALLY
Warning Cry of Man Wlio Hears
Roar of Storm Saves Dozen Who
Dive Into Cellar of Store,
Many Houses Blown Apart.
WICHITA. Kan., May 25. At least
17 persons were killed and 50 Injured
late today when a tornado struck An
dale, Kan., 15 miles northwest of this
city. Of the 60 injured the condition
of at least six tonight appeared hope
less. The property damage was large.
Andale has a population of 237 persons.
xeiepnone and telegraph wires are
down.
1.1 Dead Are Identified.
The Identified dead:
Agnes Rausch, 23.
"Grandpa" Heiger.
Mrs. Frank Heiger.
Frances Heifer.
Mrs. Alexander Schmidt.
Irene Schmidt, aged 4.
Joe Mertes, aged 13.
Mrs. John Klein and three children.
Nick Cordell. 80.
Henry Rausch.
Minnie Somerhauser, aged IS.
Henry Bach.
Those whose condition appeared
hopeless were:
John Heiger and his aged mother:
infant son of Alexander Schmidt. Mary
Heiger. John Buscher, Mrs. J. A.
Fischer.
.Warning Cry Saves Dozen.
The storm burst suddenly on. the
town, which but a few minutes before
had been enjoying the sunshine, with a
terrific torrent of rain.
Coming from the southwest, it
dropped to the ground two miles be
fore readh in g Andale. leveling houses,
trees and fields in Its path.
A warning cry of a man who had
heard the ominous roar prompted the
occupants of the little country general
store to rush into the basement Just
as the cyclone struck the building, cut
ting it in halves and setting the roof
on the floor. A dozen lives were saved
in the store by the prompt dive into
the cellar.
Holmes Blown A.andrr.
Henry Rausch and his daughter were
believed to have been the first victims,
their little house being blown asunder.
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Detective ' Is Complaining Witness.
Seattle Officer Asserts He Found
- Bills Lying on His Desk. .
SEATTLE, Wash., May 25. (So-' 0
Police Inspector Michael T. Po V
arraigned in the Superior C
day on preliminary hearing uarged
with accepting a bribe of $50. from G.
N. Wardall. a special Investigator In
the employ of the prosecuting attor
ney.
Wardall says that he paid the money
and was to receive in return protec
tion - for a gambling establishment.
Powers pleaded not guilty. He was
arrested February 27 and a few days
later requested the chief of police to
suspend him pending the outcome of
the case.
When arrested the sum of $50 in
marked money was found in his pocket,
and Powers claimed that he had found
the money on his" desk a few minutes
before and was In the act of taking
it over to the property clerk when he
was arrested. (
The case created a profound sensa
tion at the time, especially because
Mayor Gill and Chief of Police Beck
ingham and four city detectives were
also under indictment on charges of
receiving bribes from the Billingsleys.
These . defendants were subsequently
acquitted after a trial in the Federal
Court. It is the desire of Powers that
he be given a speedy trial. He Is rep
resented by Walter S. Fulton, who de
fended Chief Beckingham in his case.
AUDITORIUM OPENS JULY 4
Council Authorizes Commissioner
Baker to Arrange Programme.
July 4 has been set by the City Coun
cil as the official day for the opening
and dedication of the public Audi
torium, on recommendation of Commis
sioner Baker. Mr. Baker was given
authority to arrange a programme.
The building will be finished by July
1, in accordance with the contract
agreement reached recently between
the City Council and Hans Pederson,
the contractor.
REGISTRATION IS MODIFIED
Members of Recognized Military
Bodies Are Excused.
WASHINGTON, May 25. Members
of any duly organized and recognized
force, military or naval, subject under
other laws of the United States to Be
called, ordered or drafted in the mill
tary or naval service are not required
to register June 5 under the selective
service act.
This was officially announced today,
SLAYER OF 4 SENTENCED
S. A. Hewitt, Who Killed Children,
Gets Life Term in Prison.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 25. Stewart
A. Hewitt, a railroad employe, convict
ed of the murder of his four children
at Auburn last January, was sentenced
today to life imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary.
SAM IS NEEDED AND THE WAY
All Phases of War Are
Tenroly Planned.
NO BINDING TREATIES MADE
Many of America s Policies
Decided by Advice Given.
FRIENDSHIP IS STRONGER
United States Administration Has
Much Clearer Vision of Situa
tion and Allies Know What
to Expect From Nation.
WASHINGTON. May 25 The British
war mission left American soil and
crossed into Canada today after six
weeks of conferences which have
reached into every phase of American
life and are expected vitally to affect
the future of this country. If not of the
world.
Confidence and sympathy born of
personal contact of British and Amer
ican officials cannot be measured in
words. Uncertainty has been removed
and an efficient co-operation made pos
sible by an exact definition of the re
sources and needs of the two nations.
This country knows the allies needs In
detail, and in the order of their Impor
tance the allies know America's re
sources and the degree of their avail
ability. Thus it is possible for the
United States to enter into co-operation
with the grand alliance in the way
most calculated to bring success.
No Binding Pacta Made.
There have been no formal agree
ments or binding treaties. Foreign Sec
retary Balfour said upon his arrival in
the United States that this country
would not be asked nor expected to
abandon its traditional policies even to
the extent of declaring against a sep
arate peace.
Much that has been tentatively
agreed upon cannot finally be put into
effect until legislation has been passed
by Congress. The great benefit of the
mission's visit, however, has been de
cisive advice of men who have actually
been in the fire of this war and who
have made desirable policies obvious
by merely relating their experiences.
Baala of Friendship Closer.
Great Britain and United States un
doubtedly have been placed on a closer
basis of friendship than at any time
since the separation a century and a
quarter ago. The controversies during
two and a half ye,ars of neutrality
have dissolved in a fuller understand
ing by American officials of the diffi
culties of belligerency. Mr. Balfour,
who was In this country longer than
any previous Foreign Secretary had
t Concluded on page 3, Column 1.1
IS OPEN.
United States District Attorney An
nounces Intention of Enforcing
Sew Army Law.
FORT BLISS, Texas, May 25. The
border Army district went on the
water wagon today, when Assistant
United States Attorney Crawford an
nounced the provision of the Army law
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, to soldiers and officers in uni
form would be strictly enforced.
The El Paso Country Club bar will
close, because It is near a hospital
unit. The officers'-clubs here and in
the different camps will also close.
Saloons, hotel bars and cafes In El
Paso have been warned not to sell
liquor to soldiers.
ANTI-DIVER PATROL BEGUN
Japanese Squadrons in South
V ciflc and Mediterranean.
Pa.
TOKIO, May 24. (Delayed.) The
Admiralty announces that Japanese
squadrons are operating in the South
I"acific and in the Mediterranean Sea
against enemy submarines.
A dispatch from Paris, May IS. said
a number of Japanese gunboats had
arrived at Marseilles to aid in the war
on German submarines and to convoy
Freneh merchantmen. The announce
men was made in the House of Com
mons Thursday that Japanese light
craft were in the Mediterranean. Jap
anese warships also have previously-
been reported as operating against
German commerce raiders in the South
Pacific
BOX FACT0RYHIRES GIRLS
Women In Overalls to Replace Men
Who Are Called to War.
KbuuiAU, Cal.. May 25. (Soecial.l
commencing next Friday morning, the
V eed Lumber Company will set 21
young women at work in its box fac
tory at. w eed, supplying the labor de
ficiency caused by so many young men
enlisting in the Army and Navy. Ac
cording to population. Weed has sent
out more recruits than any other town
In the northern Dart of the, tit
Mis Clara D. l'lneo will be In charge
of the women workers, all of whom
win wear overalls. Miss PineD will
engage only those who are uhysicallv
lit lor the tasks.
GERMANS HAVE MORE FOOD
Harvest of Spring Vegetab.os In
creases Supply.
(
WASH INGTON. May 25. Americans
lately arrived in Switzerland from Ger
many report the food situation Im
proved because Spring vegetables now
are available.
To the American Minister at Berne
the Americans expressed belief that
Germany will be able to hold our until
relief is brought by the next harvest.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTEKDATS Maximum temperature,
34
decrees; minimum, 4S degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, warmer; westerly winds.
War.
Brazil decides to revoke neutrality. Ptue 1
British mission departs from United States.
Pass 1.
Italians capture fortified heights. Pace 3.
More Americans bo to front, many to fight.
Pace 3.
Spies revest to Berlin departure of United
states flotilla and trap la set four days
before arrival in British port. Have 1
Leak regarding flotilla causes redoubled
vigilance for spies. Psge 2.
War against submarine Is beginning to suc
ceed. says Lloyd Ueorg. rate 3.
Foreign.
Anarchy spreading In Russia. Page 4.
National.
Pood bill provokes lively debate In both
houses. Page 11.
Shippers' counsel continue efforts to show
rate Increase is unnecessary. Page 5.
War Secretary asks states to guard morals
of Army camps. Page 2.
National Shipping Board lists 30 Coast yards !
for contracts. Page 4.
Trading with enemy bill Introduced In House.
Pago 15.
Trade and engineering Journal editors learn
bow they can help In war. Page 4. i
OomeMtie.
At least IT are killed. 50 Injured by Kansas
tornado. Puge 1.
Japan withdraws gold reserves from United
States. Page 1.
Texas Army posts on water wagon. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 1.
I .os Angeles 2 (14 innings); Vernon !i.
Salt Lnk O; Oakland 5. San Francisco 1.
Page 14.
Many boxers cf conscription age. Page 14.
Portland Club golfers go to Eugene today for
Inter-city match tomorrow. Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle police Inspector on trial for bribery.
Page 1.
Camp sites condemned and big railway ter
mlnala at American Lake ordered. Page 8.
Agitation over Senatorial vacancy eases.
Page 6.
Question ss to creating emergency for live
stock company case raised. Page 6.
Lumbermen, agree on price for timber for
ships. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
All cereal prices declining with lack of de
mand. Page 19.
Wheat lower at Chicago on better crop pros
pects, ijs-se ID.
Steel establishes new record quotation. Page
19.
Ships being built for Scandinavians may fly
American flag. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Car shortage expected to be over by June 1.
Psge 16.
Myrlck Is paroled that girl accuser may not
have to tell of her experiences. Page 9.
Mass meeting to be Jield tonight In Interest
of playgrounds. Page 12.
Bond buying to be made easy for worker
Page 9.
Even hobo registers to do "his bit." Page l.V
Mrs. Catt says war will help in fight for
suffrage. Page 8.
Senator Lane's body to lie In state at City
Hall: funeral Tuesday. Page 4.
m4 Weather report, data and forecast. Fas 19-
Millions in America
Rapidly Withdrawn.
WASHINGTON IS CONCERNED
$35,000,000 Taken Out of
Country Since January 1.
LEAK TO GERMANY DANGER
InveMlgatlon Is Being Conducted
to Dctermino Reason for Act,
as Embarrassment Might Re
sult From Heavy Brain.
WASHINGTON. May 23. Treasury
ofllcials engrossed in the far-reaching
programme of International financing
upon which this country lately ha
entered, today turned their chief at
tention to the unexpected and some
what disconcerting discovery that for
the past month Japan has been with
drawing gold from the United States
at the rate of $150,000,000 to $100,000.
000 a year.
Gold exports to Japan within thu
last three or four weeks. It was stated
authoritatively, have been between
$10,000,000 and $15,000,000. Since Janu
ary 1 they have totaled $35,000,000.
Within the next SO days, the Govern
ment has been informed, they will ap
proximate 50 per cent of the entire sum
lready exported in 1917.
Japanese Government AaalMa.
There is every Indication that the
big shipments will continue for sev
eral months at least, and in an In
creasingly large ratio. Informal over
tures already have been made to the
Government looking to the shipment
from San Francisco to Japan next
month of a large consignment of gold.
Shipments are being made by bank
ing Interest with the full knowledge
of the Japanese government. In at
least one Instance the Japanese gov
ernment, through an attache of the
embassy here, has approached ofllcials
of this Government with a view to
facilitating tho trans-Pacific move
ment. Officials Are Puxxled.
Officials here cannot account for the -,
seemingly large movement on the
ground that It is to restore the balance
in trade, and investigators are check
ing the foreign commerce statistics to
ascertain if the big shipments are due
to economic laws. It is admitted that
such may be the case, though officials
are somewhat skeptical of this and are
frankly puzzled.
The mystery Is more economic than
political, it is said, and there Is no
where apparent any disposition to ques
tion the motives of the government or
citizens of Japan In withdrawing all
the gold to which they are entitled
Kmfcarrasanseat I Poaalble.
At the same time, it Is realized that
heavy exports of gold from this coun
try are highly undesirable and If car
ried to extreme limits limits greatly
beyond, the apparent bounds of the
present programme might Inject an
element of embarrassment into the do
mestic and International financial sit
uation. British offilcals. including Lord Cun
llffe. governor of the Bank of England,
have noted with some surprise the
tendency of American gold to flow
westward and have discussed the sit
uation with Treasury officials.
Conservation of Cold Reqaireei.
The "British agree that It is to tho
interest of all concerned that the United
States conserve its supply or gold, al
though it is at present the largest
store ever held within a single na
tion's bojndaries and greatly in excess
of actual requirements and that a way
be found to discourage very heavy
withdrawals.
Added to this Is the apprehension
that In spite of the utmost care and
vigilance on the part of all concerned
In such a movement, some seepage
from the colden flream rosy touch
the
tConcluded on Page 5. Column 4.
SHIPBUILDING AVILl. MAKE
PORTLAND MARITIME CITY.
IS PREDICTED.
"Portland's shipbuilding Indus
try Is going to make this a mar
itime city." said Henry )U Cor
bett. president of the Chamber
of Commerce, yesterday.
"For the first time in more
than a generation the people here
are beginning to take an interest
In shipping. Our present direct
interest is In shipbuilding, but
that will lead directly to chip
operating. When we begin to
operate our own ships Portland
will take Its proper place as one
of the leading ports of the coun
try." Mr. Corbett estimates that
nearly 5000 men are employed In
the various shipbuilding plants
of Portland and that2000 or 3000
more will be engaged before the
end of the Summer. In addition to
that, fully 10.000 men are em
ployed in the allied wood and
metal Industries that depend di
rectly upon the shipyards for
their activity.